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IN HOMAGE TO NASA / A Tribute to John Glennhttps://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/in-homage-to-nasa-a-tribute-to-john-glenn/
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I created this video for Ballyhoo Central that I recently shelved, though I would like to get back to it. But for now I thought it appropriate to feature this video here on my Artspeak Central blog as a tribute to Astronaut John Glenn, who has just past away at the age of 95.

The Cosmos is amazing and so too the people, both on the ground and in Space from various countries, who make our understanding of it possible.

When I originally created this video in 2015 it was the anniversary of the NASA Moon Landing.

In what has been deemed a victory for artists’ and their “unfettered right” to authenticate their own work, the Federal District Court for Northern Illinois yesterday (23 August) ruled in favour of Scottish figurative painter Peter Doig. As we reported on 11 August, Doig was being sued for US$5 million (£3.8 million) by the owner […]

This video is dedicated to all animals that suffer, or have suffered, from Human abuse.

]]>https://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/life/feed/0artspeakcentralIn Memory Of Cecil The Lion = Slaughtered Animals Are Not Trophieshttps://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/in-memory-of-cecil-the-lion-slaughtered-animals-are-not-trophies/
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Feel free to pass this video on and if possible take part in Animal Welfare organizations and the like, for every action against barbaric behaviour towards animals brings us closer to ending animal cruelty where ever it exists.

A wold free of cruelty towards animals -and people- is the kind of world in which most of us want to live in and I know that -apart from psychopaths- we all want the same for future generations.

]]>https://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/08/01/in-memory-of-cecil-the-lion-slaughtered-animals-are-not-trophies/feed/0artspeakcentralUK rejects Greece’s appeal to negotiate the return of the ever-controversial Elgin marbleshttps://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/uk-rejects-greeces-appeal-to-negotiate-the-return-of-the-ever-controversial-elgin-marbles/
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This is a very distressing state of affairs that a super powerful country like England can continue to keep possession of Greece`s ancient Parthenon marbles, which are a major part of Creece`s cultural heritage. This behaviour by England is very disappointing and is a stain on England`s reputation.

At the end of last month the British Museum and the UK Government formally declined UNESCO’s request to enter into mediation on the subject of transferring the Parthenon marbles back to Greece. Removed by Lord Elgin from the Parthenon temple in Athens in the 1800s, the marbles were sold to the British Museum in 1816 and have remained there ever since. The sculptures date from 447-432 BC, and are divided between London and a purpose built museum in Athens.

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https://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/hope-debuted/#respondTue, 14 Apr 2015 06:11:06 +0000http://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/hope-debuted/KURT★BRINDLEY: ? are you who you were are you your bruises and scars is that who you are or are you each day renewed your past relieved, hope debuted ? ?]]>

]]>https://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/yes-im-fine/feed/0artspeakcentralNew York courts rule in favour of artist who secretly photographed neighbours – but call for change in privacy lawshttps://artspeakcentral.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/new-york-courts-rule-in-favour-of-artist-who-secretly-photographed-neighbours-but-call-for-change-in-privacy-laws/
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I`m all for artistic freedom, but having my private life photographed `in the name of art` without my consent would greatly upset me.

Using a telephoto lens, in 2013 photographer Arne Svenson took pictures of residents in their downtown New York apartments without their knowledge. When these works, collectively forming the series ‘The Neighbours’, were first exhibited that year at Julie Saul Gallery they sparked controversy, and a lawsuit.

Neil McMahon

Peter Greste cautions government over metadata

Peter Greste had many thoughtful things to say on Monday night’s Q&A, but perhaps his most essential was this: “If we ignore it, it will come back to bite us in the arse.”

It was not intended as a universal admonition to Australians – he was talking specifically about the implications of the recent university massacre in Kenya – but coming from Greste it might as well have been a broader warning to be careful what you vote for.

When you’ve spent 400 days locked in an Egyptian prison for the crime of doing your job, you come decorated with a certain assumed moral authority. A tougher task is to wear that…